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A friend who's only 5 years older than me suffered a serious stroke and is incapacitated, and as yet I have no idea what the prognosis is (maybe no one does). I'd only been out with him less than a day before.

I'm genuinely sorry to hear about your friend Theo. That's terrible news. The only comfort I can bring is by saying my best friend's father suffered a serious stroke at a much older age and it took him a long time to recover. I saw him last week and he is still affected by the stroke, but he has a good standard of life from medical care and support, and so I wish your friend all the best (as much as someone on as a message board can wish).

Sucks. My boyfriend's dad (practically my dad in-law, right, given how long we've been together) has been in hospital for the past 3 nights with possible kidney failure. Added to his other health problems (going blind, and he had ulcerative colitis a couple of years ago), it's really shit. Its like he's just hit 60 (still young, right?) and his body has given up.